The rebels began to swarm again. Xue Rengui saw the rebels rushing up again. With a loud shout of "kill", Fang Tian drew a halberd in his hand and moved it like clouds and flowing water. Just a few heads in one sweep. The ten veteran guards are very experienced and will not confront the enemy head-on. Just attack behind Xue Rengui.
However, there were too many rebels, and Li Shen's ten guards began to get injured. The Hundred Cavalry arranged by Li An also suffered casualties, and the situation became critical. Suddenly, the shouts of killing came from far away and came closer.
"Kill. Protect the emperor."
"Come on, kill this old thief Ashina Guilin."
"Come, rush, save, save."
Li Shen knew that the Yulin guards outside had broken through the palace gate. He also walked to the door. He shouted loudly, "Only the leader of the rebels will be killed, and the remaining rebels will not be killed."
"Only kill the leader of the thieves, not those who surrender"
"Only kill the leader of the thieves, not those who surrender"
Ten guards also shouted. Li Shen said this because he was afraid that these people would jump over the wall and fight to the death. Except for the wounded, none of his ten guards have died. This is his wealth. Don't let it be an injustice if a few people die in the end.
There were fifty or sixty rebels left. I heard the shouts of killing from behind, and I heard the shouts from the front that those who surrender will not be killed. After hesitating for a while, someone started shouting surrender and rushed to the side. If there is one who takes the lead, then there will be those who follow. At one time, more than half of the people ran out of the rebel ranks.
"Bastard, come back quickly. They lied to you." Ashina said in an extremely corrupt manner after seeing this.
"All those who surrendered should go to that wall and throw away their weapons. Put your hands on your head and kneel down. I promise not to kill you." Li Shen quickly promised after seeing so many people.
"Rengui, go and capture the Ashina Association." Li Shen told Xue Rengui,
"It's the prince." Xue Rengui didn't waste any time, he held Fang Tian's painted halberd and killed him. How could the remaining dozen or so people be Xue Rengui's opponents. However, Ashina's association was captured in Xue Rengui's hands after just five moves. Since then, a treasonous assassination has ended.
Xue Rengui captured Ashina and led the army. The Yulin Guard finally arrived. The remaining rebels, except those who surrendered, were killed.
Sun Kaiwu, the captain of the Habayashi Guards School, walked to the bottom of the steps, put his weapon on the ground, and knelt down on one knee.
"I came late to save you, please punish me," Sun Kaiwu knew. If Li Shimin dies, all the generals of Yulin Guard will be buried with him. It's already a mercy if it doesn't hurt your family.
"Get up. It is not expected that the Ashina Association will lead a rebellion. You are not guilty. Arrange people to guard the palace gate. Deploy the Thousand Cavalry Battalion to garrison. Press down all the rebels. King Ji has promised not to kill those who surrender. Wait. Come on down." Li Shimin ordered
It's already midnight. Although everyone did not participate in the battle, their spirits were always tense. After relaxing, I felt tired. Li Shimin is forty years old after all. His physical strength is not as good as before. So Wang De advised Li Shimin to rest. Let’s talk about it tomorrow.
Ashina Association and other rebel leaders were taken down and severely tortured. See if anyone else is involved behind the scenes.
"Ren Gui, you have to work hard today. Except for the injured, everyone is guarding the door of Aye's palace. I will have someone bring some food later." Li Shen was worried that there were still others.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Shen, turned around and walked into the palace without objection.
This shows his trust in Li Shen and his understanding of Li Shen's filial piety towards him. With Xue Rengui at the door, Li Shimin can sleep more peacefully, and Li Shen also takes people back to his yard to rest.
After a night of torture the next day, Li Shimin got a satisfactory answer.
This rebellion was carried out by only one person from the Ashina Society, and no one else participated. He Luohu was also coerced by the Ashina Association. It was because he felt that Li Shimin did not pay attention to him and he was not promoted for ten years. He had a grudge and planned to assassinate Li Shimin.
Li Shimin handled the matter very quickly. He did not get angry or cause any involvement. He just executed several principal criminals led by Ashina Association. He Luo'u, who was kidnapped, was exiled to the Lingnan area by him. The surrendered soldier Li Shen recommended ten years of hard labor. It was released after ten years. They are just low-level people who are manipulated by others. Li Shimin adopted Li Shen's suggestion.
Rewards can only be given after returning to the palace. After this incident, Li Shimin no longer wanted to play. So I started to pack my bags and prepare to return to Beijing.
Because I was no longer in the mood, I returned to Beijing two days earlier than when I came here. And the rebel courtiers already knew. Li Shimin needed to deal with it immediately. Li Shen went to Jingjing Pavilion to find Wang Hongfu.
Although the assassination was put down. But news still got out. Wang Hongfu also heard about this. Li Shen said directly to Wang Hongfu without talking nonsense: "Old Wang, there are a few things you need to do.
The first is to reward Xue Rengui and the others two hundred guan, and Xue Rengui will add another 100 guan. Find someone to make a title deed for hundreds of acres of fertile land and send it to their family.
There is also a house built for them on one acre of land, which must be built with bricks and cement. I ask that brick houses have a good foundation and don’t be afraid of spending money.
My life is more valuable than my house. I want to use good logs covered with reinforced concrete. I will draw a picture and send it to you. In the future, their salaries will be tripled, and their family members will be given priority in all workshops. Do you remember? "
The guards on the side were all excited when they heard Li Shen's words. After that, their family became really wealthy.
There is no problem eating meat every meal, and some guards even feel that it would be great if they died in battle, and their children and grandchildren would not have to worry about it for generations. Of course, that is just thinking about it.
"It's the prince, I'll do it right away," Wang Hongfu agreed quickly. He knew that this group of people had made great achievements this time. Not only did he save Li Shen, I heard he also saved the emperor. There will be rewards from the emperor in the future.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
"Thank you, Your Majesty"
The guards bowed and thanked Li Shen one by one.
"Get up, you all deserve this, my life is more important than money.
Rengui, the current guard strength is still not enough. You need to recruit more from Zhuangzi, as well as retired veterans.
In this way, Lao Wang, you can find someone to go to the surrounding counties and Zhuangzi to ask if there are any retired veterans who are willing to come to our Zhuangzi. After I leave the palace, the number of guards in the palace should be three thousand according to the ritual rules.
But this is Chang'an and there shouldn't be that many people. However, if the palace is too big and the number of people is small, the patrols cannot be too few. I estimate that there should be at least 500 people in the palace.
There are three shifts of patrols. Anyway, you can recruit more people and arrange for the more people to be trained in the village outside the city, but there must not be more than 3,000 people." Li Shen is about to leave the palace.
Security issues must be addressed. Although this is the capital of Chang'an, we still have to guard against some scoundrels. At least we should guard against petty theft. There is a large treasury in his palace.
"Okay, Your Majesty. I will get it done as soon as possible. One more thing, the road from Huangzhuang to Chang'an has been completed. Those who built the road are people from nearby Zhuangzi. They asked if they could also be in our workshop. Work. They are really having a hard time." Wang Hongfu reported back
"Well, yes, our workshop will give priority to people from Huangzhuang. But you go talk to the people at Zhuangzi.
If someone is willing to start their own business, we support it, and if they don’t have money, we can lend it to them.
There is also a night school to teach them literacy and arithmetic. If they learn a thousand words, their wages will be doubled. Those who can learn arithmetic will be promoted to accountants and shopkeepers. Those who don't want to know the words will not be forced to do so, but the wages will remain the same. "Li Shen also told Wang Hongfu
“There are also important links such as wine and soap. Don’t let outsiders do it. We have adopted an assembly line approach.
They were told that they were not allowed to enter important areas. Anyone who entered, whether intentionally or unintentionally, would be directly expelled. People in their village would be expelled even if they were sitting there. "Li Shen has already broken down all the processes.
It is divided into different workshops, and the important links are done by oneself. There is no patent protection these days.
